UltraFlex modular I/O technology offers the flexibility to easily add more Fibre Channel and/or iSCSI ports to your array as your needs change. You can also easily add future network technologies such as FCoE once it is available, giving you superb investment protection by enabling compatibility with future storage networking technologies.

Eco-Friendly Innovation

The CX4-960 delivers features such as drive spin down and variable speed fans that deliver environmentally conscious storage to help reduce power consumption. It also can be equipped with low power disk types such as 5.4K SATA and Enterprise Flash.

Easily Adapt to Change

With support for up to 960 drives, the CX4-960 can expand to serve large datacenters who need up to 1.9 petabytes of capacity for physical or virtual servers.

Seamless Data Movement

New optional features help you experience new gains in efficiency and simplicity by more flexibly using the compelling performance of Enterprise Flash Drives along with the capacity of SATA.

Fast Cache

The CX4-960 offers a compelling option for performance optimization which transparently uses enterprise flash disks as read-write second level system cache for workloads on the array.

FAST

Fully Automated Storage Tiering is an option that moves high performance workloads, in 1GB chunks, to enterprise flash to enhance responsiveness. FAST can also move low performance workloads from Flash or fast Fibre Channel disks to SATA disks to optimize for cost/GB.

Simplified Management and Data Protection

Dell / EMC CX4 arrays now support a new management paradigm, called Unisphere. This new user interface is designed to deliver simple, task-based administrator control that can cut your time spent, improve reporting, and automate essential tasks.

EMC CX4-960 Resources, Reports, & White Papers

Resource

Description

CX4 Series Specification Sheet

In depth specifications: Look at EMC CLARiiON's CX4-960 specs under a microscope.

CX4-960 Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency Storage Solution

Provides information on the CX4-960 Exchange 2010 Mailbox Resiliency storage solution based on the Microsoft Exchange Solution Reviewed Program (ESRP).

Deploying CX4-960 for Data Warehouse/Decision Support System (DSS) Workloads

This whitepaper provides recommendations for how to deploy this to your best advantage when implementing a mission critical supporting DW/DSS deployment for the business enterprise.

EMC CLARiiON CX4-960 System Configuration and Specifications

Max. Raw Capacity:

960TB

IOPS Cache Burst Rate:

N/A

Max. Cache:

32GB

NAS/iSCSI Support:

Yes - iSCSCI/NAS Optional

Max. HDD Count:

960

Model Upgrade Options:

N/A

Min. HDD Count:

5

Performance Specifications Bandwidth to Host:

N/A

HDD Support:

73GB EFD SSD

73GB SSD

146GB FC 15K

200GB SSD

300GB FC 15K

400GB FC 10K

400GB SSD

450GB FC 15K

600GB FC 15K

600GB FC 10K

1TB SATA 5K

1TB SATA 7K

2TB SATA 5K

2TB SATA 7K

OS Support:

AIX

HP-UX

Linux

Red Hat Ent. Linux

Sun Solaris

VMWare

Windows

XenServer

RAID Support:

RAID 0

RAID 1

RAID 1+0

RAID 3

RAID 5

RAID 6

Host Connections:

1Gb FC

2Gb FC

4Gb FC

8Gb FC

1Gb iSCSI

10Gb iSCSI

SPC-1 IOPS Benchmark:

N/A

MB/s Transfer Rate:

N/A

Fibre Bandwidth to Host:

4GB

Non-Disruptive Options Component Replacement:

Yes

Fibre Bandwidth to Disk:

4GB

Hot-Pluggable Disks:

Yes

Dual Controllers:

Yes

Microcode Updates:

Yes

CLARiiON CX4 Model Comparison

EMC CLARiiON CX4 models:

CLARiiON
CX4-120

CLARiiON
CX4-240

CLARiiON
CX4-480

CLARiiON
CX4-960

Maximum Array capacity

120 TB

234 TB

474 TB

954 TB

Maximum HA hosts

128

256

256

512

Maximum LUNs

1024

2048

4096

8192

Storage System Host ports

4 FC and 4 iSCSI

4 FC and 4 iSCSI

8 FC and 4 iSCSI

8 FC and 4 iSCSI

System memory

6 GB

8 GB

16 GB

32 GB

Maximum Drives per system

120

240

480

480 or 960

Supported Disk types

Fibre Channel, SATA II, LP SATA II, and Enterprise Flash Drives

Fibre Channel, SATA II, LP SATA II, and Enterprise Flash Drives

Fibre Channel, SATA II, LP SATA II, and Enterprise Flash Drives

Fibre Channel, SATA II, LP SATA II, and Enterprise Flash Drives

Host OS supported

Windows*, Linux*, Solaris*, HP-UX*, AIX*, VMware*

Windows*, Linux*, Solaris*, HP-UX*, AIX*, VMware*

Windows*, Linux*, Solaris*, HP-UX*, AIX*, VMware*

Windows*, Linux*, Solaris*, HP-UX*, AIX*, VMware*

* iSCSI Connectivity

SANStorageDirect: EMC CLARiiON CX4-960

SANStorageDirect provides new, used, and refurbished EMC CLARiiON CX4 options. We have the abilities to configure and deliver full systems to simple upgrades. SSD delivers whether you need a fully populated CLARiiON CX4-960, a capacity upgrade of a populated DAE, or simply a spare hard drive.

Inquire wih SANStorageDirect for EMC CX4 Price specifics and options.

SANStorageDirect will utilize our EMC certified engineers to develop the perfect configuration for you and will also warranty it. Our service doesn't just stop after the sale, as we also offer maintenance options directly from the manufacturer as well as third party providers.

Refurbished EMC CLARiiON Storage options available. Refurbished CLARiiON Storage undergoes a triple verification process and includes a warranty.Used CLARiiON Storage is held to the same standards. Used EMC CLARiiON Storage is a great way to decrease expenditures and accomplish more in storage environments.

EMC CLARiiON CX4-960 Storage Success

Methods to Increase Success unsing EMC CLARiiON CX4 Storage Platforms

EMC CLARiiON CX4-960 Storage is a valuable component to any storage infrastructure. However, this platform is not accessible to every storage environment based on budgetary constraints, or it is believed that scalability within the CLARiiON EMC platform will be a burden on storage budgets. This is a myth and we will delineate the myth from reality in how you can easily and feasibly implement and scale CX4-960 EMC storage platforms within your storage environment.

1) EMC CX4-960 systems come in many shapes and sizes; determine which best suits your needs and understand the compatibility of that system between CX4-960 DAE's and HDD's

2) CLARiiON CX4-960 systems scale very easily and to a great data size; understand how much data you need and how this data needs to be accessed. Use this information to determine the drive type most relevant to your data. In many scenarios, you do not need FC or iSCSI; SATA drives work very well in many applications.

3) Performance vs. Practicality in EMC CLARiiON CX4-960 systems: Sata vs 10K vs 15K and even taking Solid State Drives into consideration. Which is best for you and which presents the best cost/benefit ratio? This evaluation must be done by your team as well as the vendor you decide to work with. In no way is this a cookie cutter analysis or solution, so don't approach it in that mentality.

4) Feasible Scalability in CLARiiON EMC: Hindsight is 20/20, but foresight is priceless. Look into the future, analyzing data trends and predicting growth patterns are sure fire techniques to prevent chasing your data growth curve. Staying ahead of data growth provides the ability to control growth, predict when and how upgrades are implemented, and, most importantly, allows the needed time to properly implement the correct upgrade for each scenario.

5) Getting the Most out of your EMC CX4-960 Storage:

More Spindles = Higher Performance: Instead of a DAE populated with 300GB 15K drives, consider 4 DAE's populated with 76GB 15K drives. This provides less weight on each drive and more spindles across the system, allowing a higher access rate and speed.

Always explore the Used/Refurbished CX4-960 EMC Storage route: Used and Refurbished CX4 EMC storage options can save up to 70-90% off of EMC list price in many situations. Pursuing this route will open many opportunities for your company to rapidly and efficiently expand within your Storage Environment. Upgrades, DR Systems, Test/Dev environments, QA systems are all much more feasible when taking Used EMC CLARiiON Storage Solutions into consideration. Used CX4-960 systems are available from SSD, inquire for more information. Refurbished CX4-960 also available.

Find the best RAID configuration for you: RAID has a major impact on raw vs. usable data size. Take this into consideration when implementing a RAID policy across your storage systems.

Maintenance & Support: EMC CLARiiON CX4-960

Regardless if your system is new, used, end of life or refurbished there is a maintenance and support solution for you. Third party maintenance/support typically provides greater results in performance, efficiency, Support SLA, and also delivers a signficant price reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of your systems.

Inquire wih SANStorageDirect for EMC CX4-960 Maintenance and Support Price specifics and options.

SANStorageDirect will utilize our EMC certified engineers to develop the perfect configuration for you and will also warranty it. Our service doesn't just stop after the sale, as we also offer maintenance options directly from the manufacturer as well as third party providers.

Refurbished EMC CLARiiON Storage options available. Refurbished CLARiiON Storage undergoes a triple verification process and includes a warranty.Used CLARiiON Storage is held to the same standards. Used EMC CLARiiON Storage is a great way to decrease expenditures and accomplish more in storage environments.